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The Million Programme ( Miljonprogrammet ) is the familiar term for an ambitious housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 with the aim of building one million new dwellings in 10 years ; in the beginning strongly influenced by the " Garden City " developments in England during the 40's – 50's, but towards the end the developments were mostly built as single family homes along curving streets and cul-de-sacs and / or as immense tower blocks, similar to many residential districts built in Eastern Europe.
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And while the inner city are being gentrified and the upper-middle class have inhabited the Western Harbor, little have changed for the inhabitants of in the districts of the Million Programme ; Malmö remains a city of sharp social divide and high unemployment.
Around 1965, the government initiated the so-called Million Programme, intending to offer affordable apartments in the outskirts of major Swedish cities.
The Million Programme put its distinctive print on Tyresö as well — especially Bollmora, many of the apartment building areas come from that programme.
Rebuilt Million Programme homes in Rinkeby ( 2009 )
A common misconception of the Million Programme is that most ( or all ) of the residentials are tower blocks of concrete.
20 billion over 20 years under Operation Flood Programme in 70s & 80s has contributed in increase of India ’ s milk production by 40 Million Metric Tonne ( MMT ) i. e. from about 20 MMT in pre-Operation Flood period to more than 60 MMT at the end of Operation flood Programme.
The neighbourhood was part of the so-called Million Programme.
1988 One Million Trees Programme
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* British post-hardcore punk band Million Dead took their name from a line in the Refused song The Apollo Programme was a Hoax
The current buildings in Flemingsberg ( also called Flempan for short ) was built during the Million Programme and for a long time there was trouble renting out all the apartments and the area become known as a very bad suburb.
Nevertheless, Vällingby remains one of the most popular suburbs of Stockholm with a cultural significance unsurpassed by later suburbs built as part of the so called Million Programme during the 1960s and 1970s, such as Skärholmen and Tensta, where less efforts were spent on cultural and social infrastructure.
Rebuilt Million Programme homes in Rinkeby ( 2009 )
The Million Programme () is the common name for an ambitious housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to make sure everyone could have a home at a reasonable price.
The new Million Programme residential areas were greatly inspired by early suburban neighbourhoods such as Vällingby and Årsta.
A common misconception of the Million Programme is that most ( or all ) of the residentials are tower blocks of concrete.
Some have complained about the fact that the Million Programme suburbs have been " taken over " by immigrants.
In nearly all of the Million Programme suburbs the concentration of immigrants is very high.
Well known Million Programme districts include:
The one magazine in Sweden published in these varieties, Gringo, proposes ' miljonsvenska ' (" Million Swedish ") based on the Million Programme.
Modern Akalla, with its concrete apartment buildings, as well as smaller houses, was constructed in the mid 1970s as a part of the Million Programme.
Up to the 1960s Backa was still a district with farmland, due to its fertile area, but because of the Million Programme, which was a project where Sweden planned to build one million accommodations during the years 1965-1975, houses and building were being constructed in Backa, and this in turn lead to the population increasing rapidly.
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Damage occurs to monuments in Washington D. C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $ 200 Million-$ 300 Million.
The term is commonly used in association with a numeric value such as thousand instructions per second ( kIPS ), million instructions per second ( MIPS ), Giga instructions per second ( GIPS ), or Million Operations per Second ( MOPS ).
The Permian is a geologic period and system which extends from 299. 0 ± 0. 8 to 251. 0 ± 0. 4 Ma ( Million years ago ).
While the idea that human beings and dinosaurs coexisted is sometimes portrayed in popular culture in cartoons, films and computer games, such as The Flintstones, One Million Years B. C.
The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for the OSI ( which was variously referred to as the Office of Scientific Intelligence, the Office of Scientific Investigation or the Office of Strategic Intelligence ).
Actor Drew Barrymore is Ambassador to the World Food Program and donated $ 1 Million US dollars in 2007.
* October 16 – The Million Man March is held in Washington, D. C.
" Hogg ( Sorrell Booke ) is the wealthiest man in Hazzard County ( except in a 4th season episode, " Ten Million Dollar Sheriff ", in which Rosco allegedly inherits $ 10 million ), and owns most of its property and businesses — whether directly or by holding the mortgages over the land.
The following year Eastwood found further critical and commercial success when he directed, produced, scored, and starred in the boxing drama Million Dollar Baby, playing a cantankerous trainer who forms a bond with female boxer ( Hilary Swank ), who he is persuaded to train by his lifelong friend ( Morgan Freeman ).
** Ace Enders and a Million Different People has a song on their debut CD, The Secret Wars called " Bring Back Love ( Year 2020 )" It is about helping the financially unstable and bringing back a general love among humans.
The oldest winner is Clint Eastwood who was 74 years old when he won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby.
Also in this area were the mortuary temples devoted by various New Kingdom pharaohs, whose function is parallelled by Egyptologists to that played by the Temples of a Million years of the Theban pharaohs.
The 2010 tribute Million Dollar Quartet is based on the famous photograph of Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis grouped round Elvis Presley at the piano, the night when the four joined in an impromptu jam at Sun Record's one-room sound studio, the " Million Dollar Quartet " of 4 December 1956.
The top prize of the Forrest Wood Cup is $ 1 Million.
Locally, it is known as " The Million Dollar Courthouse " due to its cost overruns at the time it was built.
Estimated cost of the project is $ 56 Million, which the high school component having cost $ 20 Million.
Tamarack, originally built at a cost of $ 10 Million and dedicated to former Governor Gaston Caperton, is the home to many artisan crafts from around West Virginia and a dining area featuring meals prepared by chefs trained at The Greenbrier, a world famous four-star resort complex located in White Sulphur Springs.
Origin Energy is proposing Spring Gully Power Station as an $ 870 Million, 1, 000 MW power station that will provide electricity to South-East Queensland.
McGuire is the current president of the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Stars Twenty20 cricket franchise, and the current host of Channel Nine program Millionaire Hot Seat and Million Dollar Money Drop Australia.
* November 29-Dar Robinson, considered the greatest stuntman ever, is killed on the set of the film Million Dollar Mystery.
The college is going under a £ 40 Million refurbish and is said to be finished in December 2011 according to the college's website.
She also starred in the final segment of the anthology film If I Had a Million ( 1932 ) as a rest home resident who gets a new lease on life when she is given a $ 1, 000, 000 check by a dying business tycoon.
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